Wednesday 21st .... So whats happening today?

 This week we will start in the upholstery dept.

They are hidden away and rarely seen.

This is Dave, he is always happy to pose.

Jenny assures me she is reloading

the bobbin .... I know nothing about sewing!

To produce this custom made arm rest cover.

Looks easy 🙈. It isn't.

Meanwhile in the workshop the bolster is carefully lowered into the bogie

and bolted into position. We have made some new spring seat shims of varying thickness,

this makes it a bit easier to get a level ride once the body is reunited with its bogies.

A lot of pushing and shoving is needed to get everything to line up.

Bryan is putting the finishing touches to the aforementioned shims.

These are roughly cut with Oxy/Acetylene and hand finished to get the exact size.

Everyday at Winchcombe throws up new challenges, Ken was tasked to remove these somewhat

defunct pipes from highly prized couplings.

Rex and Gerry then spent a while wire brushing these radiator covers, and then a coat of red oxide.

A little job for me, straightening this bracket ..... a swift turnaround.

'The Gas Axe' makes light work of a substantial piece of steel.

Rod was putting some finishing touches at roof level to 1808 in the paintshop.

We still have 2 doors to refit on the Malvern side, more of that next week.

Des is making the inside of 1808 look very posh.

Dave in the carpentry shop is making a superb job of the replacement

battery boxes on 16221.

After lunch we need a small shunt involving 16221, a steam pipe and me. Here John Hamer is coupling up prior to moving.

Rod insisted on taking this photo of me and saying this is the 'Blogger',

Its good fun though, I just occasionally abandon my work and dash around getting as many shots of the action as possible.

Bryan is the one with hair!

It was yet another very busy day, always a challenge.

Finally I couldn't leave Phil out, he is continuing with cleaning and greasing the sliding door ball race runners.

Des Adams will be doing the pics for next Wednesday, I will be in on Thursday.